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THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER WAS NOTIFIED, MONDAY MORNING, AND THE PIKE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT RESPONDED, TOOK THE FIREARMS INTO CUSTODY AND QUESTIONED THE STUDENT AS TO WHERE THEY WERE OBTAINED.
SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAID NO STUDENTS WERE PLACED IN DANAGER.
ACCORDING TO POST 26 GA. STATE PATROL IN THOMASTON, LESLIE ELLIOTT, AGE 32 , OF HENDRICKS CHURCH ROAD , WAS LIFE FLIGHTED TO A COLUMBUS HOSPITAL AFTER SHE WAS EJECTED FROM HER SUV ON HENDICKS CHURCH ROAD.
SHE WAS ENROUTE TO AN EARLIER WRECK INVOLVING HER HUSBAND WHEN SHE LEFT THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE.
HER HUSBAND, JAMES BRADFORD ELLIOTT, AGE 33 AND A 12 YEAR OLD PASSENGER HAD COMPLAINT OF INJURY AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE E.R.
THE KNIGHTS NATION CAST ALMOST A QUARTER OF A MILLION VOTES, AND PAUL MILLIKEN WILL BE AT ULHS THURSDAY WITH LIVE SEGMENTS ON GOOD DAY ATLANTA IN THE 8AM AND 9AM HOURS.
THE THOMASTON-UPSON SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL TAPE THE PEP RALLY AND TEAM OF THE WEEK TROPHY PRESENTATION AND PLACE IT ON THE SYSTEM WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.
THANKS FOR VOTING FOR THE KNIGHTS.
UPSON COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN RUSTY BLACKSTON TOLD THE THOMASTON-UPSON INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, MONDAY, THE COMMISSIONERS MUST APPOINT SOMEONE TO REPLACE VICE-CHAIR STEVE DANIEL AFTER THIS YEAR.
DANIEL WAS RECENTLY NAMED PRESIDENT OF WEST GA. TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON APPLYING, CONTACT THE UPSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OFFICE.
AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, MONDAY, THE UPSON COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR 14 ACRES AT THE FORMER HICKORY RIDGE GOLF COURSE.
NORTHRIDGE CHURCH PLANS TO LOCATE ON THE SITE THAT INCLUDES THE CLUBHOUSE AND PARKING LOT.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION CAN GRANT A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, IT DOES NOT REQUIRE APPROVAL OF THE UPSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
UPSON COUNTY SHERIFF DAN KILGORE SAYS FOUR SUSPECTS ARE IN THE UPSON COUNTY JAIL WITHOUT BOND, AFTER AN ARMED ROBBERY AUGUST 24 AT THE HANNAH’S MILL CONVIENCE STORE.
JODY LEE ELLERBEE, 20 OF ANN ARMS COURT, DENTRAYVEOUOS TREMALL MALONE, AGE 20 OF TRIUNE AVE, DAVARIUS KENEAL SULLIVAN, AGE 20 OF 305 4TH AVE, AND MICHAEL ALLEN WALKER, AGE 19 OF 205 AVE. L. , ALL CHARGED WITH ARMED ROBBERY.
THREE OTHERS CHARGED AFTER A ROBBERY DURING A DRUG DEAL. TYE FEWELL, AGE 19 OF DOGWOOD DRIVE TOLD THE S.O. HE USED FACEBOOK TO SET UP A MARIJUNANA BUY FROM THOMAS PAUL SALTER, AGE 18 OF SPRING CREEK ROAD. A MAN WITH SALTER, DEREK MICHAEL CHAISSON, AGE 31 OF ROSEHILL DRIVE, ALLEGEDLY ROBBED FEWELL OF $103 AND AN I-PHONE.
ALL THREE WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED.
SHERIFF DAN KILGORE SAID THOMAS TEAGUE, 54 , OF GREEN FORREST ROAD IN YATESVILLE WAS SERVING A SENTENCE FOR A PROBATION VIOLATION.
TEAGUE HAD MEDICAL PROBLEMS, ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF. THE BODY WAS TAKEN TO THE GBI CRIME LAB FOR AUTOPSY, AND THE GBI IS CONDUCTING AN INDEPENDANT INVESTIGATION. HE WAS ALONE IN HIS CELL.
MULTIPLE FIRE UNITS RESPONDED TO 724 TRICE CEMETERY ROAD IN UPSON COUNTY. OWNERS DANNY SHUMATE AND THOMAS WATTS. THE AMERICAN RED CROSS WAS ON THE SCENE TO OFFER ASSISTANCE.
THE THOMASTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND UPSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ASSISTED THE U.S. MARSHALL’S OFFICE IN ARRESTING FOUR SUBJECTS AUGUST 28.
THOSE ARRESTED, ADRIAN GRAY OF 717 HIGHWAY 80 CULLODEN, BRYANT '”BUD” GRAY, 647 HIGHWAY 80 CULLODEN, DEXTER FAGAN, 1310 ALLEN ROAD, CULLODEN, AND FERRIS QUILLER, 1012 TRIUNE MILL ROAD, THOMASTON.
AFTER APPEARING BEFORE A FEDERAL MAGISTRATE, EACH WAS RELEASED ON A $15,000 BOND.
THESE ARRESTS ARE THE RESULT OF A LONG TERM INVESTIGATION OF NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING IN UPSON AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
